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I Can't Believe It!!

Discussion in 'Prime Main Forum (2017-2022)' started by HPrimeAdvanced, May 2, 2019.

  1. HPrimeAdvanced

    HPrimeAdvanced Senior Member

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    Just saw my first Prius Prime ad on TV! It was during the Colbert Report, May 2, 2019 at 12:03am! I'm still gasping in shock at this "tremendious" event, I mean wow, Toyota, are you guys really still trying to sell that car!!! Har, har, I must have fallen asleep and been dreaming!! And kids, they were offering $2500 off; you're probably thinking that I'm delusional; you're probably right, after all I did buy one of those things! Of course it wasn't because of all this sensational advertising; I just happen to be a car whacko.

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    schja01 One of very few in Chicagoland

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    Th Colbert Report?
    On the Comedy Channel?
    That’s been off for years?
    Maybe you mean The Late Show with Stephen Colbert?
    That’s on CBS.
    If the former, you were dreaming.
    :)
     
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  3. Prius from Dad

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    Last year they ran ads for the Prime a few times a day on Hulu but only for a few months.
     
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    They run ads up here some now that gas is $4 a gallon;).

    But before that it’s all the urban assault vehicles:cool:.

    They’ll get it right eventually (y).
     
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    sounds like panic at toyota hq. have you seen sales thru april vs 2018?:eek:
     
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    Cause 'murica!!!!
    [​IMG]

    I believe this one comes standard with a gun rack. However, the Prius cow catcher will cost you extra.
     
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    Had to be a dream. :LOL:
     
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    I would hate to drive that behemoth every day over 100 miles. Might be fun on the tails if it can fit.

    The Prius Prime is a perfect commuter car. Since I charge from Solar at home and plugin at work. I have some clients that are near free chargers so that helps also.

    Back to the thread. My gas was over a month old again. 1600 miles on the last tank. So the pure gas test results will be in after my road trip Friday.

    Steve

     
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    My diesel X5 gets close to 30 MPG, so yeah, keep hatin'...
     
  10. bisco

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    will do!(y)
     
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    Hey, I've never seen PRIME TV ads or any other Toyota CM. Oh, yeah, that's because I don't have TV provider and do not watch TV except some streaming program via internet. Use to have cable TV, but it got too expensive for simple pass time entertainment. ;)
     
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  12. HPrimeAdvanced

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    The latter; I always call it the Colbert Report; my bad!

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    I watch CBS/Colbert and other broadcast TV for free using a circa $35 antenna from Target. Dropped cable TV eons ago!

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    Yeah, I thought about using an areal antenna for local stations but never acted on it. Even when we had cable TV, we didn't watch local stations that much. Only thing I watched was local news sometimes. I can get most of the local news feed from the internet nowadays.
     
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    Way off topic, but there might be a slew of over-the-air digital channels available. I got into DIY antennas (Grey-Hoverman) a while back. The entertainment value of making the antennas and getting them working eclipsed what's on though.
     
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    LOL... better than the DIY channel?:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
     
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    $5 worth of materials and scraps from the garage - been in service for about 11 years.

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    Still off topic, but I got an amplified antenna that I have up in the air about 25-30 feet because the transmitters are 60 miles away. We get a boatload of channels when you include the secondary ones. Good stuff especially if you like the old classics.
     
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    Oh no. I just bought my prime last month. It gets instant $1500 depreciation at its first month...
     
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